In honor of Bastille Day, let’s take a look at French Military Victories. To do so, perform the following:
1. Go to google.com.
2. Type in French Military Victories.
3. Click the I’m Feeling Lucky button.
A Reaction to Michael Jackson’s Death
Last night, I sat down to watch the evening news when I heard: Michael Jackson is dead.
My first reaction was utter disbelief–he’s too young to be dead! We received no clues, no warnings, no serious ill-health reports. For a moment, I thought they must have the report wrong. How could Michael Jackson be dead?
Priests: Presumed Guilty
My uncle just came by for a visit. My uncle is a priest, a Jesuit priest no less. If you want to get technical, they’re super-priests.
My uncle has like 5 masters degrees. Jesuits are uber-educated as they have to study for like 13 years before becoming full-fledged Jesuits. It’s great-you to get to keep going to school well beyond when you’re suppose to stop going to school and get a job. Your only trade-off for this? A lifetime vow of poverty and celibacy.
Know-It-Alls
Are you a know-it-all? If so, I have one piece of information that you do not know: You annoy everybody!
There are two kinds of know-it-alls: know-it-alls who know nothing and know-it-alls who actually do know almost everything. I am not sure which is more annoying.Read More
Why Tuesday Sucks
If you’re in a bad mood today, let me tell you why. It’s Tuesday.
Tuesday has no raison d’être. If your unfamiliar with that term, look it up. It’s Tuesday after all and you feel like shit…might as well learn something.Read More
Why I Love Southwest Airlines: The Southwest Rap Video
This morning I was checking out the latest Top Rap Songs and came across a rap video performed on…Southwest Airlines?
How great is Southwest Airlines for allowing their employees to exercise creativity like this?
Let’s see…small seats, old airplanes, no assigned seating…but I always enjoy flying Southwest because of things like this. They just do things right.
Clearly the passengers loved this too as they joined in the beat and gave a big round of applause. Enjoy the Southwest Rap Song!
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Tricia Walsh Smith: In Her Own Words
Over three million people have viewed this video on You Tube of Tricia Walsh Smith, the present and future ex-spouse of Philip Smith, a theatre executive worth about sixty million dollars.
In the video, she lambastes her husband for many things: that he is not giving her what she deserves, his sexual ineptitude, his infidelities…basically, his entire character.
This is just not fair for one obvious reason: she is not a first wife!
Dr. Phil Needs His Own Relationship Rescue
I recently read about Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw Divorce Rumors. I never thought Dr. Phil would make my Top Ten 10 Fraudulent self-help gurus list, but, if this news is true, he certainly might.
I cannot say I was delighted with this news (who wants to wish ill on someone?) but it won’t disrupt my day.
Dr. Phil has caused me many a headache!
Looking Up
I walked through the city the other day on streets I have walked thousands of times. I have never stepped in a pothole or unintentionally bumped into anybody. But, I realized, I had seen so little because I had failed to look up.
Look up.
It’s something that you infrequently do; nobody does.
We all have to look straight ahead. This is a given. Imagine if you did not look straight ahead when you were performing life’s most basic tasks…like driving. TV, something all of us do all the time, would certainly be less enjoyable if we did not look straight ahead-it would be like radio!
Remember the days when radio ruled? You probably do not because you were not alive. Those people who would remember the radio days are not reading this because they are not currently on the Internet…they are listening to the radio.
Top Ten Fraudulent Self-Help Gurus: #1, M. Scott Peck
M. Scott Peck leads my list of the top fraudulet self-help gurus. This may come as a surprise to many of his devotees but let’s at least discuss the possibility.
I never liked him because the first line of his famous book, The Road Less Traveled, says Life is Difficult.
My mom and her friends all read this book. My mom used to constantly remind me that yes, Richard, Life Is Difficult. This got me depressed. And my mom’s friends too. Hence, the future success of Prozac Nation.